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wall street and main street are watching. tony guida, cbs news, new york. >> glor: still ahead, why more and more european countries are taking away the welcome mat. >> glor: nato says three coalition soldiers were killed today in afghanistan in two separate bombings in the east and south. their nationalities were not released. nato reports more than 30 insurgents were killed during operations in eastern afghanistan. germany's chancellor fired the latest warning today as european leaders seem to grow more weary of immigrant both from inside europe and outside. mark phillips has more. >> reporter: it's a political ad in this month's election in sweden. you don't have to speak the language to understand the message. an elderly white swedish woman is being threatened by burka-clad muslim women. the ad of considered so offensive it was banned. but the right-wing swedish democratic party made such significant gains in the elections on an anti-immigration platform that others came out to protest. >> there are a lot of people here i
wall street and main street are watching. tony guida, cbs news, new york. >> glor: still ahead, why more and more european countries are taking away the welcome mat. >> glor: nato says three coalition soldiers were killed today in afghanistan in two separate bombings in the east and south. their nationalities were not released. nato reports more than 30 insurgents were killed during operations in eastern afghanistan. germany's chancellor fired the latest warning today as european...
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that's going to come across tonight and areas of maine will see that heavy rain as well. look at the wind field. the yellow area are the tropical storm force winds, 40 to 74 mile per hour winds. gusts to hurricane force in orange, and the red are hurricane sustained winds. those are in a very small area, but as we take the track across the coast tonight, you can see that yellow area will sweep much of the cape and even coastal maine tomorrow morning. you can expect at least those tropical storm force conditions even though the storm is weakening. >> hill: cbs news hurricane consultant david bernard. thanks. with earl still a threat, warnings are up along the new england coast, including on cape cod, where we find dean reynolds tonight. he is in chatham. dean, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, erica. well, they've established shelters now on cape cod, and for those others who've chosen to remain in their homes, they're being urged to stay there as this storm comes ashore late tonight. at the first drop of rain this morning, merchants on cape cod's main streets began
that's going to come across tonight and areas of maine will see that heavy rain as well. look at the wind field. the yellow area are the tropical storm force winds, 40 to 74 mile per hour winds. gusts to hurricane force in orange, and the red are hurricane sustained winds. those are in a very small area, but as we take the track across the coast tonight, you can see that yellow area will sweep much of the cape and even coastal maine tomorrow morning. you can expect at least those tropical storm...
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the main story line here is, it's just still too close to call where this hurricane is going to go. >> reporter: so knowing what we know, how is earl, then, going to affect the east coast? >> what we can look at right now harry, is the probability of tropical storm force winds. if you see a number higher than 30%, there's a very good likelihood that your location will at least see winds that strong, and right now tonight anywhere from cape hatteras to bar harbor in maine has a good chance of tropical storm conditions. some places might even be a little bit worse. >> smith: wow. david bernard. thank you. traffic was down this past month at new car show rooms with americans worried about the economy and dealers offering fewer incentives. g.m. sales fell 25% from last august... august of last year. ford's were down 11%. ford says it will cut production by 4,000 vehicles in the fall. but chrysler, sales were up 7%. on wall street, news that manufacturing is picking up helped to send stock prices sharply higher. the dow soared 254 points. that's the biggest gain in nearly two months. wall
the main story line here is, it's just still too close to call where this hurricane is going to go. >> reporter: so knowing what we know, how is earl, then, going to affect the east coast? >> what we can look at right now harry, is the probability of tropical storm force winds. if you see a number higher than 30%, there's a very good likelihood that your location will at least see winds that strong, and right now tonight anywhere from cape hatteras to bar harbor in maine has a good...
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earl stays far from land, the storm could do $1 billion to $2 billion in damage from north carolina to maine, and emergency workers still are not convinced the storm is staying away. >> the smallest predicted hurricane can become the most major and the most destructive, so you really don't know. none of us know what's going to happen until tomorrow. >> reporter: emergency officials here, as well as local business owners, are hoping by tomorrow, they're reopening for business for a long labor day weekend rather than cleaning up. erica. >> hill: kelly cobiella, kelly, thanks. earl may actually lose some of its punch by the time it reaches the northeast tomorrow, but it is still the strongest hurricane to threaten the coast of new york and new jersey since bob roared through in 1991. elaine quijano is in montauk, new york, about 120 miles east of new york city on the tip of long island tonight. elaine, good evening. >> reporter: good evening to you, erica. here on the eastern tip of long island, all area beaches have been ordered closed until saturday morning, and already, as you can see behind
earl stays far from land, the storm could do $1 billion to $2 billion in damage from north carolina to maine, and emergency workers still are not convinced the storm is staying away. >> the smallest predicted hurricane can become the most major and the most destructive, so you really don't know. none of us know what's going to happen until tomorrow. >> reporter: emergency officials here, as well as local business owners, are hoping by tomorrow, they're reopening for business for a...
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the first fatalities from this storm that has been pounding east coast from here to maine. the victim's car ran off rain-slicked highway 64 over two hours east of raleigh where it plowed into a watery ditch, killing four members of a georgia family. the first fatalities from this enormous storm that roared up the eastern seaboard, surng roads into canals, ponds into lakeses, and front porches into docks. >> just keep your fingers crossed that it doesn't come in because when it decide to come in, there's not much you can do. >> reporter: the storm has tropical depression a third of the total annual rainfall in carolina beach in just five days, exceeding even the infamous hurricane floyd in 19 1999. robert stuart lives here along the aptly named canal drive where the water sits right outside his door. he's been emptying his pump all week. >> probably a fifth or sixth time. >> reporter: today? >> uh-huh. >> reporter: town manager tim owens said it's tough to keep up with all the rain. >> i think rain-wise it is extraordinary. this doesn't happen that often. >> reporter: local
the first fatalities from this storm that has been pounding east coast from here to maine. the victim's car ran off rain-slicked highway 64 over two hours east of raleigh where it plowed into a watery ditch, killing four members of a georgia family. the first fatalities from this enormous storm that roared up the eastern seaboard, surng roads into canals, ponds into lakeses, and front porches into docks. >> just keep your fingers crossed that it doesn't come in because when it decide to...
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>> you have susan colins and india snowe in maine, scots brown from massachusetts, but certainly compared to the congress of 15 or 20 years ago, there are far fewer, and in contrast, the democrats are of have not recruited a lot of moderates four years ago in the so-called blue dogs. it's driving the republicans i think the other way. >> couric: in other news, it is the last thing anyone would expect at one of this country's premiere hospitals. gunshots rang out today at johns hopkins in baltimore. police say a man became distraught while being briefed on his mother's medical condition, pulled out a semiautomatic handgun and shot the doctor. then he turned the gun on his mother and himself. when officers arrived, 50-year-old paul partis and his mother, jean, were dead. the doctor, identified as david cohen, was rushed to surgery, and is expected to survive. important health news tonight. an f.d.a. advisory panel has rejected another highly touted diet drug. this time, dr. jon lapook reports, it's lorcaserin. >> reporter: before voting it down 9-5, the f.d.a. committee heard concerns that
>> you have susan colins and india snowe in maine, scots brown from massachusetts, but certainly compared to the congress of 15 or 20 years ago, there are far fewer, and in contrast, the democrats are of have not recruited a lot of moderates four years ago in the so-called blue dogs. it's driving the republicans i think the other way. >> couric: in other news, it is the last thing anyone would expect at one of this country's premiere hospitals. gunshots rang out today at johns...
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. >> reporter: beloved and claimed as local inventions by maine and pennsylvania, they're increasingly making their way on to bakery shelves across the country and into their local lexicon. >> do you now the story behind the name? >> i don't. you want to tell me? >> apparently amish farmers, the wives put them in their lunch pail, and when they find them... >> they say whoopie. as soon as people describe it, they say, oh, it's like a moon pie, or, oh, it's like an oreo. >> reporter: there is an entire cookbook devoted to the treats. >> a whoopie pie is so much less intimidating than putting a big cake together. >> reporter: and they say there's much more to them than just chocolate and vanilla. >> we have wildly deviated from tradition. we have savory whoopie pies. it's a hall jalapeno corn bred. >> no sign of goat cheerkz but there are more than 100 flavors at the annual whoopie pie festival in lancaster, pennsylvania, the heart of amish country. >> use them for breakfast, dinner and supper and a midnight snack. >> whoopie pie. >> reporter: here they put pies on a pedestal with whoopi
. >> reporter: beloved and claimed as local inventions by maine and pennsylvania, they're increasingly making their way on to bakery shelves across the country and into their local lexicon. >> do you now the story behind the name? >> i don't. you want to tell me? >> apparently amish farmers, the wives put them in their lunch pail, and when they find them... >> they say whoopie. as soon as people describe it, they say, oh, it's like a moon pie, or, oh, it's like an...
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hearing today, seafood was the main course-- genetically engineered salmon, that is. critics call it frankenfish, but the f.d.a. says it's safe to eat. what the agency is about to decide now is whether to approve it for sale. as wyatt andrews reports, it would be the first genetic altered animal allowed on store shelves and it could open the door for others. >> reporter: the salmon would grow twice as fast as normal but taste the same and cost much less. the question is, should we eat it? >> it's very scary because what are they putting in this stuff and what is going to be the side effects? >> reporter: the industry invented this salmon by taking a single gene from an eel-like fish call the ocean palp which grows year round and spliced it into a farm-raised salmon to keep the growth hormones on overdrive expert after expert told the f.d.a. panel that that genetic change did not change the salmon itself. that the flesh and nutritional content no different from normal salmon, just as the company growing the fish has claimed. >> it means it's the same as the traditional
hearing today, seafood was the main course-- genetically engineered salmon, that is. critics call it frankenfish, but the f.d.a. says it's safe to eat. what the agency is about to decide now is whether to approve it for sale. as wyatt andrews reports, it would be the first genetic altered animal allowed on store shelves and it could open the door for others. >> reporter: the salmon would grow twice as fast as normal but taste the same and cost much less. the question is, should we eat it?...
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so far workers boring the main rescue tunnel have drilled down about 130 feet. once that rescue shaft is completed, it's estimated it could take around three hours to pull each miner to safety. work on the second and planning for a third rescue tunnel is under way, as officials are driven to find any route to reach these miners faster as the world watches and waits. seth doane, cbs news, new york. >> mitchell: a famous company in germany has come up with a new unique way to help its employees extend their work lives. richard roth has more on a program that could someday make its way to a workplace near you. >> reporter: just looking at its 18,000 workers here, bmw worried the problem was inevitable. it's committed to producing more than 1,200 luxury cars a day with a work force that is getting older. you could force them to retire. you could fire them. you could find easier jobs for them. >> yeah, that might be the simple way to solve the problem. that's not the solution which we will look for, especially since we don't have enough younger people actually to rep
so far workers boring the main rescue tunnel have drilled down about 130 feet. once that rescue shaft is completed, it's estimated it could take around three hours to pull each miner to safety. work on the second and planning for a third rescue tunnel is under way, as officials are driven to find any route to reach these miners faster as the world watches and waits. seth doane, cbs news, new york. >> mitchell: a famous company in germany has come up with a new unique way to help its...
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. >> we knew it was some kind of gas main because it just kept going. literally a hundred feet flames. it was amazing. the hole in the ground is as big as that intersection right there. it's huge. >> reporter: shortly after the blaze began, pictures showed up on twitter with lines like "it looks like a bomb went off," and "this was so sad." today at an evacuation shelter, desiree barr found her mother maria who fled as the flames approached her house. did you grow up in the house? >> yes, from ten years old and my dad died in that house and all our memories are there. i saw our house was all flat and i thought she had perished in the fire. >> thank god we're alive. >> reporter: at least four people died in the fire, 50 were hurt with eight in critical condition. 38 homes were destroyed, dozens damaged. 25% of the neighborhood remains too hot and dangerous for firefighters to enter. cadaver dogs have been brought in to search for the missing. >> i hope that there is... are no more bodies to be found, but that's probably wishful thinking. >> reporter: ant
. >> we knew it was some kind of gas main because it just kept going. literally a hundred feet flames. it was amazing. the hole in the ground is as big as that intersection right there. it's huge. >> reporter: shortly after the blaze began, pictures showed up on twitter with lines like "it looks like a bomb went off," and "this was so sad." today at an evacuation shelter, desiree barr found her mother maria who fled as the flames approached her house. did you...
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. >> reporter: but political science professor john coleman says the main reason is simply that president obama-- still popular among young voters-- is not on the ballot. >> students don't have the connection with those candidates that they have with barack obama. they feel a personal investment in his 2008 win. >> reporter: with the tea party generating intense excitement on the political right, the president is under increasing pressure to fire up the liberal base. in an interview in this weeks "rolling stone" magazine, he lectured apathetic democrats. some here say they're ready for the president to fire them up. >> i was really excited to vote for the first time and i voted for obama, but i'm hoping to be, like, reengaged. >> reporter: even many supporters of the president say some of the thrill of voting is gone. >> people have this intense idealism that they thought about him back in those days and that's kind of faded away and he's just become another politician. >> reporter: katie, it's not just the university of wisconsin. this rally is being simulcast to more than 100 other coll
. >> reporter: but political science professor john coleman says the main reason is simply that president obama-- still popular among young voters-- is not on the ballot. >> students don't have the connection with those candidates that they have with barack obama. they feel a personal investment in his 2008 win. >> reporter: with the tea party generating intense excitement on the political right, the president is under increasing pressure to fire up the liberal base. in an...
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zahri is on the main highway to kandahar. from here, insurgent cans control a major supply route into the city, something u.s. troops want to stop. >> you got friendlies, i don't want them to shoot. >> reporter: it's the first major offensive where afghan troops-- as many as 10,000-- outnumber the americans. >> taliban dead! >> reporter: it's also the first large scale combat operations since marines went into marjah last february. since then, they've struggled to clear the town of insurgents and win over the civilian population. u.s. commanders warn of more tough fighting ahead. the kandahar offensive crucial to president obama's afghanistan strategy. clearing the city of insurgents, breaking the taliban grip in the south, and then convincing civilians that coalition troops are in control. mandy clark, cbs news, kabul. >> couric: here at home, people across the upper midwest are keeping an eye on the surging floodwaters. warnings are up from south dakota to central wisconsin, including the town of portage. more than 200 resi
zahri is on the main highway to kandahar. from here, insurgent cans control a major supply route into the city, something u.s. troops want to stop. >> you got friendlies, i don't want them to shoot. >> reporter: it's the first major offensive where afghan troops-- as many as 10,000-- outnumber the americans. >> taliban dead! >> reporter: it's also the first large scale combat operations since marines went into marjah last february. since then, they've struggled to clear...
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a problem main painfully clear when two iowa farms recalled half a billion eggs last month after they were linked to a salmonella outbreak that made about 1,600 people sick. today the owners of those farms were called to capitol hill to explain some frankly disgusting safety violations. here's congressional correspondent nancy cordes. >> reporter: for the first time since americans started falling ill four months ago, the father and son who run iowa's right county egg said they were sorry. >> we apologize to everyone who may have been sickened by eating our eggs. >> reporter: but the apology fell flat with lawmakers. >> you are an habitual violator of basic safety standards. >> reporter: who came armed with revolting new photos of the family's filthy rodent and bug- filled hen-houses. >> how do you explain dead chickens in your hen-laying houses, the mice along the conveyor belt for the eggs? >> this here would not be acceptable. >> reporter: they tried to pin the salmonella outbreak on feed coming into their farms but the f.d.a. says the facilities were so unsanitary the contaminatio
a problem main painfully clear when two iowa farms recalled half a billion eggs last month after they were linked to a salmonella outbreak that made about 1,600 people sick. today the owners of those farms were called to capitol hill to explain some frankly disgusting safety violations. here's congressional correspondent nancy cordes. >> reporter: for the first time since americans started falling ill four months ago, the father and son who run iowa's right county egg said they were...
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here's a picture of the main road on hatteras literally washed away after hurricane isobel in 2003. it's been built back now but 81- year-old carol dillon who has owned this motel since 1955 worries there's not enough beach left in front of her motel to protect it. >> when we had 500 feet of beach we did not have water on the outer banks motel property. >> reporter: well, the water here on the outer banks is already off limits to swimmers because of dangerous rip currents. those will only get stronger as the hurricane approaches. as for the people here, very few have left so far, but many say they will make the decision and get out tomorrow if the hurricane remains on its current path. harry? >> smith: don teague. thank you. david bernard is chief meteorologist at cbs 4 news in miami and our cbs news hurricane expert. dave, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, harry. >> smith: let's talk a little bit about why the conditions have ripe to turn into this massive category four storm. >> well, everything was really going for the hurricane the last few days and in particular the wate
here's a picture of the main road on hatteras literally washed away after hurricane isobel in 2003. it's been built back now but 81- year-old carol dillon who has owned this motel since 1955 worries there's not enough beach left in front of her motel to protect it. >> when we had 500 feet of beach we did not have water on the outer banks motel property. >> reporter: well, the water here on the outer banks is already off limits to swimmers because of dangerous rip currents. those...